Whip-handle.



No. 835,150. 'PATBNTBD Nov. e, 1906.

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WHIP HANDLE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

Application flied April 3,1905. Serial No. 253.407.

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. BowDITcH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Framingham, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Whip-Handles, of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

In driving or riding in extreme or even moderately cold weather the hands very quickly become numb and stiff, in fact often becoming so cold as to occasion great pain, besides almost preventing the driver from having any control over the horse.

My invention has for its obj ect the amelioration of these conditions 5 and it consists, essentially, of a whip having a hollow handle in which is placed a means of supplying heat. I prefer that this means should be a plug of Japanese punk or other suitable fuel, which may be held in place by clips attached to a removable cap screwed into the lower end of v the handle.

A further object of my invention is to provide a means to retain the ashes resulting from burning punk inside of the handle, and thus prevent the hands from becoming soiled. Otherdetails of my invention will be set forth more fully hereinafter.

My invention will be readily understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference refer to similar parts.

Figure l is a longitudinal view of a whiphandle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Referring to the drawings, A is the butt of a whip of ordinary construction, which is adapted to iit into a hollow sleeve B, to which is attached the long sleeve C, having a series of perforations D to supply air to the burning punk to support combustion. Around the sleeve O and likewise provided with perforations which register with the perforations D is a pigskin covering F. 'T his covering is not essential to my invention; but I prefer to use the same, as in a strong wind the punk burns so freely as to get the sleeve so hot as to make it uncomfortable to hold. The leather being a poor conductor of heat prevents this and maintains the handle at an even temperature.

The sleeve C is threaded at its lower end, as at G, to receive the annular extension I of the cap H, to .which is attached the clips and gauze cage hereinafter more fully described. This extension and cap H, as shown in Fig. 2, forms a receptacle for the ashes which may drop olf the punk. The upper part of the eX- tension is turned down to form a bushing J, over which is adapted to slip a fine-mesh gauze ash-cage K, which is provided to keep the ashes from sifting through the perforations and soiling the hands. The other end of this cage .is provided with a threaded bushing L, which receives a threaded cap M.

Attached to the annular extension I are the clips N, which extend upward into the cage and serve to hold the punk O in place away from the cage.

The method of using my Aimproved Whiphandle is as follows: The cap H being unscrewed, it is withdrawn from the interior of the sleeve C, together with the cage and clips. The cage is then slipped o3 from the bushing J and a piece of Japanese punk is inserted between the clips and ignited. The cage is then slipped back into place over the bushing J and the whole screwed into place, as is shown in Fig. 2.

While I have describedmy invention as consisting of a heating means comprising a plug of Japanese punk, I do not mean to limit myself to that means alone, as it is apparent that any fuel, either solid or liquid, may be used by making slight mechanical changes and that a solid fuel may be held in place by other means than that shown'.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. In combination with a whip having a hollow handle, a cap to close the lower end of said handle, a removable ash-cage mounted on said cap, and clips mounted within said cage adapted to hold a solid fuel, as described.

2. A heater comprising an elongated cylindrical perforated shell having a hollow cap for retaining the ashes formed by combustion, clips mounted on said cap adapted to hold a fuel, and a fine-meshed screen located IOO between said clips and perforated shell to dedefleetng screen between said clips and shell Heet the ashes into said hollow cap as shown. as shown.

3. A heater eonlprsnm an elonvated eylndreal perforated shell hafng a notn-heat-eon- JOHN P' BOWDTCH' 5 ducting Covering, a hollow ash-retaining cap Witnesses:

closing the lower` end of said shell, clips mounted on said cap, and a ne-rneshed. ash- GEORGE O. G. COALE, ROBERT E. BREWER. 

